Improvement in scarf-retainers



J. A. ESHLEMAN, WARP-RETAINER. No. 193,496.. Patented Jul 24, 1877.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

J. ALBERT ESHLEMAN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN SCARF-RETAINERS.-

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 193,496, dated July 24, 1877 application filed November 24, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J. ALBERT ESHLEMAN, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Scarf-Retainers, of which the following is a specification:

The object of my invention is to prevent a neck -tie or scarf from rising up under the chin or turning round on the neck of the wearer; and this object I attain in the manner which I will now proceed to describe, reference being bad to the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a scarf with my improved retainer; and Fig. 2, a sectional view of the same.

The scarf consists of the usual folded strip of fabric A, having a band, B, for encircling the neck, this band having its end secured in the usual manner. I

Ordinary scarfs of this class are objectionable, because they are easily displaced on the neck,-and have a tendency to rise under the chin, the usual stand-up collars, in connection with which they are generally worn, offering no resistance to these movements.

This objection I overcome by providing the shield D, at the upper portion of the scarf, with a plate, F, preferably of metal, secured at its opposite ends to the said shield, and

bent outward in the middle, where itis slotted from above, the slot communicating with a circular opening, a, larger in diameter than the said slot is wide.-

In fitting the scarf to the neck the plate F is pushed upward so that the shank of the neck-button I shall be within the opening a of the plate. When in this position the plate F will serve to retain the scarf in place and prevent it from moving upward or laterally.

A Wire, constructed at its opposite ends for attachment to the shield D, and bent in the middle, so as to embrace the shank of the button, may, in some instances, be substituted for the plate F, but I prefer the latter.

I claim as my invention-- The within-described neck-tie or scarf-retaining device, consisting of a plate, F, secured at its opposite ends to said neck-tie or scarf, and swelled in the center, where it is provided with an opening, a, constructed and arranged to operate as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

J. ALBERT ESHLEMAN.

Witnesses:

HERMANN MOESSNER, HARRY SMITH. 

